he may

<<retract

<<from it;

<<once he took hold

<<of it

<<he may not

<<retract

<<from it.

<<For he says

<<to him:

<<a sack

<<of knots

<<you took on

<<and accepted.

<<From when

<<is it

<<a taking hold?

<<From when

<<he treads

<<the boundaries.

And there are who say:

<<even

<<with a guarantee

<<too,

<<for he says

<<to him:

<<show

<<your seizure

<<and I will pay

<<you.

It was stated:

<<one who sells

<<a field

<<to his fellow

<<and it is found

<<that it is not

<<his.

<<Rav

<<said:

<<he has

<<the money

<<and he has

<<the improvement.

<<And Shmuel

<<said:

<<the money

<<he has,

<<the improvement

<<he has not.

They asked of him,

<<of Rav Huna:

<<if he specified

<<to him

<<the improvement —

<<what is it?

<<Is the reason

<<of Shmuel

<<because

<<he did not

<<specify

<<the improvement,

<<and here

<<he has

<<specified

<<it,

<<or

<<perhaps

<<the reason

<<of Shmuel is:

<<since

<<he has no

<<land,

<<it looks

<<like interest?

<<He said to them:

<<yes

<<and no,

<<and it was loose

<<in his hand.

It was stated:

<<Rav Nachman said in the name of Shmuel:

<<the money

<<he has,

<<the improvement

<<he has not,

<<even though

<<he specified

<<to him

<<the improvement.

<<What is the reason?

<<Since

<<land

<<he has not,

<<the wage of

<<his money

<<he would be

<<standing and taking.

Objected

<<Rava

<<to Rav Nachman:

<<we do not

<<collect

<<for the consumption of

<<produce,

<<or for the improvement of

<<land,

<<or for the maintenance of

<<the wife

<<and the daughters

<<from property

<<that is liened,

<<because of

<<the betterment of

<<the world.

From liened property

<<it is

<<that we do not

<<collect,

<<but

<<from unencumbered

<<(property)

<<[property]

<<we do collect,

<<and it teaches

<<at any rate

<<for the improvement of

<<land —

<<what,

<<is it not

<<with a buyer

<<from a robber!

No,

<<with a creditor.

If

<<with a creditor,

<<say

<<the first clause:

<<we do not

<<collect

<<for the consumption of

<<produce;

<<and if

<<with a creditor —

<<a creditor,

<<does

<<he have

<<produce?

<<But didn't Shmuel say:

<<a creditor

<<collects

<<the improvement.

<<The improvement

<<yes,

<<but

<<produce

<<no!

Rather,

<<it is obvious

<<with a robber

<<and the robbed;

<<and since the first clause

<<is with a robber

<<and the robbed,

<<the latter clause

<<too

<<is with a robber

<<and the robbed.

Is it comparable?!

<<This

<<is as it is

<<and that

<<is as it is.

But

<<does it not

<<teach

<<thus:

<<for the improvement of

<<land

<<how so?

<<Where

<<he robbed

<<a field

<<from his fellow

<<and behold

<<it

<<goes out

<<from under

<<his hand —

<<when he

<<collects,

<<he collects

<<the principal

<<from property

<<that is liened,

<<and the improvement

<<he collects

<<from property

<<that is

<<unencumbered.

What is the case?

<<If you say

<<as it teaches —

<<the robber,

<<from whom

<<does he collect?

<<Rather,

<<is it not:

<<such as

<<where he robbed

<<a field

<<from his fellow

<<and sold it

<<to another

<<and he improved it!

He said to you:

<<is it not

<<explaining

<<you are explaining?

<<Explain

<<also

<<with a creditor.

Come and hear:

<<for the consumption of

<<produce

<<how so?

<<Where

<<he robbed

<<a field

<<from his fellow

<<and behold

<<it

<<goes out

<<from under

<<his hand —

<<when he

<<collects,

<<he collects

<<the principal

<<from property

<<that is liened,

<<and the produce

<<he collects

<<from property

<<that is

<<unencumbered.

What is the case?

<<If you say

<<as it teaches —

<<the robber,

<<from whom

<<does he collect?

<<Rather,

<<is it not:

<<such as

<<where he robbed

<<a field

<<from his fellow

<<and sold it

<<to another

<<and he improved it!

Rava said:

<<here with what are we dealing?

<<Such as

<<he robbed

<<a field

<<from his fellow,

<<full of

<<produce,

<<and he ate

<<the produce,

<<and dug

<<in it

<<pits,

<<ditches

<<and caves.

<<If came

<<the robbed one

<<to collect

<<the principal —

<<he collects

<<from property

<<that is liened;

<<if came

<<the robbed one

<<to collect

<<produce —

<<he collects

<<from property

<<that is

<<unencumbered.

Rabbah bar Rav Huna

<<said:

<<such as